— phymatic /fuy mat"ik/ , adj.
/fuy"meuh/ , n. , pl. phymas, phymata /-meuh teuh/ . Pathol.
a nodule, swelling, or small, rounded tumor of the skin.
[ 1685-95; phýma a swelling, tumor, equiv. to phý ( esthai ) to grow (akin to phylon PHYLON) + -ma n. suffix denoting result ]